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Prefix (Ex)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After a long swim underwater, I __________________ to release my breath.

a)

exit

b)

exhale

c)

exclude

d)

expand

e)

expire

2.

My teacher tells us that we should not __________________ friends while we play games at recess.

a)

exit

b)

exhale

c)

exclude

d)

expand

e)

expire

3.

What does the prefix ex- mean?

a)

against, opposite of

b)

down, off, away from

c)

out, away, out of, or outside

d)

put into, cover with

4.

This is what you do if you leave a friend out of a game at recess.

a)

exceed

b)

expand

c)

exclude

d)

eject

5.

Your lungs help you do this, which is an essential part of life.

a)

erupt

b)

emit

c)

exceed

d)

exhale

6.

If a glow-stick gives off a soft light, it does this.

a)

emits

b)

ejects

c)

extinguishes

d)

expands

7.

You can do this to some suitcases to be able to pack more clothes.

a)

eject

b)

emit

c)

expand

d)

erupt

8.

If a volcano does this, then people living nearby will have to evacuate.

a)

extinguishes

b)

ejects

c)

erupts

d)

expert

9.

If you enter a restricted area, authorities will do this to you.

a)

eject

b)

erupt

c)

emit

d)

expand

10.

This is what you do to the campfire before going to bed.

a)

erupt

b)

exhale

c)

expand

d)

extinguish

11.

This is what you hope to do to your own expectations in life.

a)

eject

b)

emit

c)

exceed

d)

expand

12.

When we leave the movie theater, we __________________ through the doors to the right.

a)

exit

b)

exhale

c)

exclude

d)

expand

e)

expire

13.

The construction will __________________ the highway to have four lanes instead of two lanes

a)

exit

b)

exhale

c)

exclude

d)

expand

e)

expire

14.

Read the sentence and decide if each word is used correctly.


When you exit a building, you are walking from the outside to the inside of it.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Read the sentence and decide if each word is used correctly.


Running fast makes you inhale and exhale deeply.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Read the sentence and decide if each word is used correctly.


If I exclude people from my birthday party, they will be invited.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Read the sentence and decide if each word is used correctly.


Putting more money into the wallet will make it expand.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Read the sentence and decide if each word is used correctly.


My membership to the club will expire, and I will need to renew it if I still want to be a member.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What does explode mean?

a)

send out to another place or country

b)

burst out suddenly

c)

spread or stretch out

d)

tired, fatigued

20.

What does exhausted mean?

a)

tired or fatigued

b)

breathe out

c)

cry in astonishment

d)

send to another place or country

21.

What does expand mean?

a)

burst out suddenly

b)

to spread or stretch out

c)

go out and away

d)

breathe out

22.

The prefix ex- in the word expedition means the same as it does in all of the following words EXCEPT FOR ONE. Select the word where ex- does not mean the same as the rest.

a)

exclaim

b)

extract

c)

Mexico

d)

exclude

23.

A big export of California is avocados. The avocados that we grow here are sold and eaten all over the country.

The prefix ex- in export means.....

a)

produce

b)

avocados

c)

in

d)

out

24.

Which of the following is the correct definition for the word extract

a)

To give up

b)

To leave

c)

To take or pull out

d)

To study

25.

Define this word: export

a)

ostracized; to leave out

b)

to send to another country to sell

c)

driven out; forced to leave

d)

to dig up

e)

to lengthen

26.

Define this word: expelled

a)

ostracized; to leave out

b)

to send to another country to sell

c)

driven out; forced to leave

d)

to dig up

e)

to lengthen

27.

Define this word: excavate

a)

ostracized; to leave out

b)

to send to another country to sell

c)

driven out; forced to leave

d)

to dig up

e)

to lengthen

28.

Define this word: extend

a)

ostracized; to leave out

b)

to send to another country to sell

c)

driven out; forced to leave

d)

to dig up

e)

to lengthen

29.

What does the prefix "ex-" mean?

a)

two

b)

again

c)

out

d)

under

30.

___________________ means to transport or send out

a)

exhale

b)

export

c)

extinct

31.

The dodo is an ____________________ species

a)

export

b)

expand

c)

extinct

32.

It means that you are asked to leave and never come back. In other words, you have been kicked out.

a)

exhale

b)

export

c)

expel

33.

insert is the opposite of

a)

extract

b)

extinct

c)

exhale

34.

The following are all synonyms of extinct EXCEPT

a)

vanished

b)

disappeared

c)

gone

d)

banned

35.

to a greater degree than normal; unusually

a)

excavate

b)

exceptionally

36.

a passage or quotation taken from a piece of text .

a)

excerpt

b)

exclusive

37.

extract from the ground by digging

a)

expel

b)

excavate

38.

restricted or limited to a certain person or group

a)

exclusive

b)

exceed

39.

to go beyond the established limits

a)

excavate

b)

exceed

40.

to force out or drive away

a)

expel

b)

exceptionally

41.

an instance that does not conform to a rule

a)

exception

b)

exceed

c)

excerpt

d)

excel

42.

The painters painted both the ______________ and internal part of the house with yellow paint to give it a warm colour.

a)

extensive

b)

external

c)

exemplify

d)

exit

43.

What a umpire may do if you are not following the rules in a game?

a)

erupt

b)

extinguish

c)

eject

d)

explore

44.

What does excellent mean?

a)

a field trip or outing

b)

rising out of and above all norms or standards

c)

a sudden outcry

d)

to breathe out

45.

Which image shows an exhale?

a)
b)
46.

What does excessive mean?

a)

going over limits

b)

to burst or break out with force

c)

to shout or cry out

d)

a device used to put out a fire

47.

What image shows an excessive amount of candy?

a)
b)
48.

What does exclaim mean?

a)

to dig or hollow out soil

b)

to shout or cry out

c)

to stretch out in length or time

d)

a device used to put out a fire

49.

What image shows someone excluded ?

a)
b)
50.

What image shows someone exhausted?

a)
b)